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Hi all ! Is there way to determine `pulumi delete` during the flow of the script? Just like how there is runtime has a function called is_dry_run to check if its a preview execution or not.

Basically I want to perform some deletes on another service before the actual delete of resources happen

`PULUMI_NODEJS_DRY_RUN` might do it for you.

Hey ! Thanks for responding. I am using Python for scripting here

I don’t think that matters <https://www.pulumi.com/docs/reference/cli/environment-variables/>

I don’t see it listed there but I see in in my typescript env.  Print out your env and check it out

I ve updated the post but I think what I am looking for something different

If you want one resource to be deleted before another, chain them with `dependsOn`

These resources exist outside of Pulumi state tracking.

But they are created when the stack comes up